penalties. at least in my former office we would not bring a criminal case under those circumstances. so when someone s already paid back the taxes, it doesn t seem that the prosecution really brings back that much in the door. this idea he wouldn t be charged if his name wasn t hunter biden has ring to it. that was barbara mcquade pointing out a possible political motivation behind the new tax charges against hunter biden. we ll break down those allegations against the president s son. we ll also recap donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial as the former president is expected today be the last person to take the stand. plus an update on the bipartisan negotiations in the senate on border security. the issue that s holding up critical aid for ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with news from the west coast. hunter biden is facing a major new l
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 8th. glad it s friday, but we do have a lot to get to this morning, willie. president biden is putting more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to allow additional aid into gaza. we ll have more details on the first conversation between the two leaders in 11 days. a lot of questions. meanwhile, the president s son is facing several new tax charges. we ll break down the allegations against hunter biden. plus, a recap of donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial. he was there as the former president is now expected to be the last person to take the stand. that should happen next week. also ahead, a rare ruling in a post roe world. a judge in texas granted an emergency request for an abortion, but the state s attorney general is threatening to prosecute any doctor who treats the woman. we ll talk about that. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bur
technically campaigning but pensacola nonetheless. united nations security council is said to meet this morning over president trump s decision to recognize jerusalem as israel s capital. u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley has praised the move as, quiet, the right and just thing to do. u.s. employment picture with the release of the november jobs report. economists expects around 190,000 jobs last month. morning joe will have those numbers as soon as they cross at 8:30 a.m. eastern. that does it for us on this friday morning. have a fantastic weekend. i m yasmin vousoughian alongside good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 8th.
partisan politics and focus on fully-funding the government. we re hoping that we re going to make progress for our country. we shall always remember i ll die for liberty. just remember pearl harbor and go on to victory. [applause] steve: it is friday, december 8th, and you are watching america s number one cable morning news show from the mezzanine level here at our world headquarters 48th and 6th avenue. pete looks fine right now. but actually, he got into a car last night at about 11:00 after an event in washington. pete: i ve been sleeping like this. steve: and you slept for what? four hours in the car?
it s friday, december 8th. we got our christmas music going. you should play it for the kids. with us we have republican strategist and political commentator, susan del percio on the set with us. also columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. and joining us from washington, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of, oh, yeah. kasie d.c. yeah, kasie d.c. on msnbc. yesterday was tough to watch, and twitter was a war zone as it pertains to what s going on in politics today. i m used to nasty, but things this was ugly. things have gotten so nasty over the past several weeks. yep, i don t get it. there s so many good conversations we could be having now. yeah. and half of them were not happening because of the nastiness out there and the tribalization, the vitriol and